THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM #2
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014

...ANOTHER LATE SEASON WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...   

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF COLORADO ...EASTERN PART OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...UPPER GREAT LAKES AS WELL AS PARTS OF
LOWER MICHIGAN.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAD FORMED ALONG A COLD FRONT IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS.  AT 300 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF THE LOW WITH SEA-LEVEL
PRESSURE OF ABOUT 999 MB... 29.50 INCHES... WAS MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS CITY...MISSOURI.  NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT RAIN WAS
CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW IN CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE TEMPERATURES
WERE DROPPING INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S.  SNOW CONTINUED TO EXTEND
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE ROCKIES IN SOUTHERN COLORADO.  FARTHER TO
THE NORTHEAST...TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE LOW TO MID 30S ACROSS
MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST WHERE LIGHT SNOW
CONTINUED TO FALL IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA...EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN.  LIGHT RAIN AND SOME MIXED
PRECIPITATION WERE REPORTED IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHERE IT WAS
SLIGHTLY MILDER.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT THU APR
03 THROUGH 300 PM CDT THU APR 03...

...COLORADO...
WOLF CREEK PAS 1 SSE                 11.0                    
PETERSON AFB 4 NW                     9.0                    
WOODLAND PARK 1 WSW                   9.0                    
BLACK FOREST 2 N                      8.5                    
SCHRIEVER AFB 4 ESE                   8.0                    
MONARCH PASS 1 NNW                    6.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
MANDAN 8 N                            4.0                    
OAKES                                 4.0                    
RUGBY                                 3.5                    
STREETER 5 NW                         3.0                    
TIOGA                                 3.0                    
ASHLEY                                2.6                    
WATFORD CITY                          2.5                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR KANSAS CITY IS FORECAST TO
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT.  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND BECOME HEAVIER FROM THE EASTERN PART OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.  BY FRIDAY...THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST
EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.  AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES...
WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE IN STRENGTH AND BECOME GUSTY.  THIS WILL
CAUSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.  SNOWFALL
TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN EASTERN
MINNESOTA...INCREASING TO OVER A FOOT IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KONG




Last Updated: 504 PM EDT THU APR 03 2014